Holding device for window-screens.



No. 759,842. PATENTED MAY 10, 1904*.

W. H. FISHBURN.

HOLDING DEVICE FOR WINDOW SCREENS.

APPLIOATION rum-1 DEG. 1a. 1902.

N0 MODEL.

aa/wawtoz Patented May 10, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM H. FISHBURN,

OF DENVER, COLORADO.

HOLDIIVNG DEVICE eon WINDOW-SCREENS.

srncrrrcncrron forming part of Letters Patent No. 759,842, dated May 10, 1on4. I i i Application filed December 13, 1902- Eierial No. 135,139. (lilo model.)

i To all whom it may con/corn.-

and I do declare the following to be a full, clear,

and exact description .of the invention,such as will enable others skilled inthe art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,

and to the figures of reference marked thereon,

which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to catches or holding devices forwindow-screens, my object'being to provide a device which will automatically lock or catch when the screen is swung. to the closed position, which may be easily detached when it is desired to open the screen, and which sh all also hold the screen tightly in place The device consists of a piece of material, preferably spring metal, attached to the rail of the screen andhaving an inwardly-projecting part provided witha shoulderand an in clined extension beyond the shoulder adapted to engage an opening in a bracket attached to the window frame and slip under the top there- 1 of until the shoulder of the device presses far enough inwardly to engage the bracket, the

upper part of the device beingcurved to form a finger-hold, whereby the screen may be drawn to the closed or locked position by an inward pull from the inside; Q

tail, reference being made to the accompany ing drawings, in which is illustrated an em bodiment thereof.

In the drawings, Figural is a vertical secin side elevation with my improvement applied, the screen being open. Fig. 2 is'a similar view showing the screen closed andin section.

the screen in the closed position. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the device shown in detail. The same reference characters indicate the same parts in all the views. Y

Let the numeral 5 designate the screen, which is hung on the window-frame at 6 and arrahged to swing outwardly, as shown in Fig. l. The construction for hanging the projecting beyond the shoulder. portion of this device is curved, as shown at The invention will now be described in der tion of the window-frame, showing a screen Fig. 3 isa view of the lower part of screen is thesame as shown in my previous application, Serial No. 120,048, filed August 18, 1902; but no invention is claimed thereon in this application. Hence this feature will equally applicable to a screen hung or mounted on any suitable swinging attachment.

To the lower rail of the screen is attached a device 7 byrneans of screws or other suitable fastenlng device.

Thisdevice 7 is pro vided with a lower inwardly-projecting part 7, having an upwardly projecting offset or shoulder"? and a downwardlydnclined lip 7, The upper 7*, to forma finger'hold, as heretofore 'described.

Tothe frame .9, just inside of the screen when closed, is attached a bracket 10,having extremities 10",fitted to the frame, andan upwardly projecting part 10, adapted to engage the shoulder 7 of the device 7 to holdthe screen in the closed position. The outer edge of the part 10 of the bracket is bent slightly upwardly to facilitate the entrance of the lip 7 It is evident that my improved holding ale:

vice may be attached to any constructionof swinging screen whether it is hinged at the end or side.- v V Having thus described my invention, what I claim is'- The combination of a bracket attached to the window-frarne, and a device attached to the screen on the inside and having a lower part extending inwardly and bent upwardly to form a shoulder adapted to engage the bracket when the screen or window is in the closed position, the said device havinga lip projecting inwardly beyond the shoulder and downwardly inclined to facilitate the entrance of the device to the bracket as the screen or window is closed, the upper part ofthe device on the screen or window being bent downwardly to form a fingenhold, substantial] y as described.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in 

